I follow a high protein diet, used to consume around 250gr/day but gradually reduced into 190-ish / day (1gr/lb bodyweight).

I did this test while I was using creatine (6 weeks into it to be exact), and I took 3gr creatine mono about 1 hour before the test...I took creatine first thing in the morning on empty stomach, and did my blood test 1 hour later (yes, dumb, I know....)

what do you guys think causing the high creatinine levels? did creatine ingestion before the blood test caused this?

Right now, I stop using creatine, and will took another test next week, and if the level does not improve, then I will see specialist.

I understand that this shouldn't be taken lightly. I never took any prohormones / AAS.

After sanity prevailed from desperate research, I came to the conclusions that:

This is a relatively normal phenomenon amongst bb'ers ( *read below) both due to high protein intake as well as higher levels of muscle mass.

Additionally, after multiple discussions with my Urologist about these findings, creatine was perfectly fine and not problematic.

That said, it is important that you DO ACCEPT that there IS IN FACT a slightly increased kidney stress inherent with these findings and as a result, you need to be cognizant of maintaining overall health to offset any disorders that may aggravate this ordeal and then put you at "actual" risk.

These include (but are not limited to):
--Get your daily PURE WATER in (minimum of a gallon per day)
--Watch your blood pressure!!!!!! (stresses your kidneys)
--Keep an eye on/Lower your Sodium intake
--UP your Potassium intake (offsets excessive sodium to a degree)
--Eat lots of veggies as MOST are alkaline and mitigates the acidity in the blood that accomapnies high meat intake (also thwarts kidney stione formation, related to high protein diets)---Keep protein at SANE doses (1 gram per bodyweight whould suffice...MAXIMUM 1.5 grams per LB of bodyweight). I say this b/c you are apparently like me (based on your blood assays) where HIGH doses obviously impact you where others can "get away with it"
--Limit simple sugars as these aggravate the pancreas from cummulative exposure and then decrease insulin sensitivity and then leave you pre-diabetic (this also stresses the kidneys)
---NOT WISE, but if you chose to use gear, monitor ALL vitals (especially BP!) as gear can also adversely impact your kidney health!

Lastly, get your tests 2x/year to keep an eye on things and document patterns and changes!

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After sanity prevailed from desperate research, I came to the conclusions that:

This is a relatively normal phenomenon amongst bb'ers ( *read below) both due to high protein intake as well as higher levels of muscle mass.

Additionally, after multiple discussions with my Urologist about these findings, creatine was perfectly fine and not problematic.

That said, it is important that you DO ACCEPT that there IS IN FACT a slightly increased kidney stress inherent with these findings and as a result, you need to be cognizant of maintaining overall health to offset any disorders that may aggravate this ordeal and then put you at "actual" risk.

These include (but are not limited to):
--Get your daily PURE WATER in (minimum of a gallon per day)
--Watch your blood pressure!!!!!! (stresses your kidneys)
--Keep an eye on/Lower your Sodium intake
--UP your Potassium intake (offsets excessive sodium to a degree)
--Eat lots of veggies as MOST are alkaline and mitigates the acidity in the blood that accomapnies high meat intake (also thwarts kidney stione formation, related to high protein diets)---Keep protein at SANE doses (1 gram per bodyweight whould suffice...MAXIMUM 1.5 grams per LB of bodyweight). I say this b/c you are apparently like me (based on your blood assays) where HIGH doses obviously impact you where others can "get away with it"
--Limit simple sugars as these aggravate the pancreas from cummulative exposure and then decrease insulin sensitivity and then leave you pre-diabetic (this also stresses the kidneys)
---NOT WISE, but if you chose to use gear, monitor ALL vitals (especially BP!) as gear can also adversely impact your kidney health!

Lastly, get your tests 2x/year to keep an eye on things and document patterns and changes!

Hi whacked,

yes I am slowly change my mindset that all supplement, will have negative effect on health when use irresponsibly.

I used to be ignorant and eat very high protein, drink protein shake more than 1x / day etc. It was expensive.

over time, i realize that even 1 gr/ lb bodyweight is enough for building muscle. even at 1 gr/lb or less, I still progress. I also have a mindset that too much protein is not good (many will argue with this)

- I drink at least a gallon per day.
- I measure my blood pressure few times / year, all is good. I'm pretty confident about this since my diet is 90-95% clean
- I never like eating sodium since it makes me retain water.
- I do eat lots of veggies...I tried to make my meals balanced ( usually chicken breast, any kind of veggies, sweet potato / brown rice, and some fat sources). I also take 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar per day....heard it is good to balance your ph or something
- Yes, I limit my protein intake right now, trying to get most of them from whole foods. whey only post workout.
- I try to stay away from simple sugar. you could say I almost never eat simple sugars.
- No, never took Steroids / prohormones... never plan to in the future.I did use natural test boosters, transdermal cortisol control / formestane (cycle on / off responsibly)
- I will take your advice...blood test every 6 months or so.

All in all, I am a health conscious person, and I know that health is number 1 priority.

creatine came down into 1.5 (normal range 0.6 - 1.5 according to lab) so I guess there were still creatine left in the system (I heard it'll take about a month to clear creatine).

All in all, I guess I am OK. Never thought that creatine would raise creatinine levels so much....

Lesson learned, any kind of supplement, "natural" or not, will still have impact in the body, little or significant, positives or negatives. I will try to be more responsible in using supplements (using sane dosages and not megadose etc etc)

your creatinine level is high after a workout as well. you break the muscle down and to keep it short, the waste goes through the kidneys. I ended up at the e/r/ after I had worked out earlier that day and it was high...not on creatine at the time, looked it up, and it was there, creatinine level raised with workouts....post workout etc

your creatinine level is high after a workout as well. you break the muscle down and to keep it short, the waste goes through the kidneys. I ended up at the e/r/ after I had worked out earlier that day and it was high...not on creatine at the time, looked it up, and it was there, creatinine level raised with workouts....post workout etc

Add this to my previous comment. Im still not convinced that this guys high creatinine levels were indication of something bad happenng.

Absolutely correct. Thsi is WHY they tell you to AVOID working out for 3 days in advance of ANY creatinine studies

For what it's worth, peopel should ALWAYS obtain both serum (blood) and urine (clearance) creatinine studies as it actually requires BOTH values to tell you exactly what's going on with respect to clearance and function as one value is predicated or offsets the other. VERY IMPORTANT.

Originally Posted by bakkbakk

your creatinine level is high after a workout as well. you break the muscle down and to keep it short, the waste goes through the kidneys. I ended up at the e/r/ after I had worked out earlier that day and it was high...not on creatine at the time, looked it up, and it was there, creatinine level raised with workouts....post workout etc

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